Open to all those interested in Apache Cassandra, Big Data, Hadoop, Hive, Hector, NoSQL, Pig, and high scalability. Let's get together and share what we know!

To provide a venue for Vertica Analytic database users to share ideas, tips and solutions among their peers. To encourage you to make more out of the data you already have.  Big data users can meet to network and get a fresh perspective on things. Vertica was just voted #1 in big data!! http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/Big_Data_Market_Size_and_Vendor_Revenues

The purpose of the organization is to support local developers and businesses with the latest information and education on our industry We are a group that participates and organizes events for the LA development community. We are focused on establishing an experience unique to the User Group community. Come join our group. Participation is mandatory! Everyone is welcomed. We are always looking for new and innovative presentation ideas and sponsors.

This group is for people who are interested in Data Science, Big Data, Hadoop, Predictive Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and other disciplines involving turning raw data into value.

A supportive casual lunch group for architects of Big Data -- Hadoop, Data Warehouse and everything in-between. Implementers and strategists only; to enrich and contribute, collaborate and discuss, divide and concur the problems of today's big data challenges.

This is the Southern California Oracle Big Data Analytics Meetup Group. Our focus is to network with Oracle technology professionals and evangelists to share user experiences, conduct training sessions, as well as hear from industry experts on the latest developments around Oracle Big Data, NoSQL, Hadoop, R, Oracle Big Data Connectors, ODI,  Endeca Information Discovery, Oracle Business Intelligence Analytics, Exalytics, etc.

This group shares lessons learned about using Amazon Web Services, including API's, EC2, S3, Automation, Deployment, Security, ELB, High Availability, Business Continuity (Earthquake and Tsunami concerns in particular...) and learning about how others are currently using AWS. The purpose is to network, collaborate, share experiences and help others where possible. We conduct monthly meetings and discuss different approaches, uses and topics.

Greater San Diego area based user-group focused on bringing Hadoop users together to discuss use-cases, share problems and solutions as well as learn new skills for building large-scale Hadoop-based systems and Bigdata solutions.

This is a geeky, somewhat technical meetup about use cases, tools, and technologies associated with XML and and related data formats. If you're interested in learning more about XPath, XQuery, XSLT, or NoSQL document databases, come join us and hang out with others who are digging into these topics.

A meeting place for those in Orange County interested in Hadoop.

This is a group about discussing HBase and promoting HBase within the Los Angeles community

This group will focus on the use of Amazon CloudSearch for the development and deployment of search applications. Amamzon CloudSearch is a fully-managed search service in the cloud that runs in the AWS cloud. Presentations and discussions will cover topics such as: Set up and getting started with CloudSearch Configuring search fields Relevance tuning APIs and integration Security Working with other AWS services User cases and lessons learned This group is for anyone interested in search technolo …

This group is for anyone who is interested in Hadoop technology and how the software can be used to unlock the potential of Big Data. Share insight, challenges and experiences with like-minded individuals. Regardless of your experience, join the troop for networking and an exploration of Hadoop!

If you work in Healthcare and interested in the use of Technology to enhance the tools care providers have, and you live in SoCal, this group is for you. If you are interested in Bigdata, Cloud and Mobile and want to discuss and see their case studies in Healthcare, this group can also be of interest to you. I searched before starting this group, and the same problem that faced HealthIT for decades still exists, at least in SoCal, there are great interest and venues for Technology driven initiat …

Calling all LA Tech Leaders, Devops Leaders, IT Managers / Directors, Infrastructure Managers, Operations Managers and anyone who has leadership and/or decision making responsibilities and would like to network with others in the same boat. Do you straddle the line between DOING operations and RUNNING operations? The goal of this group is to be able to share our challenges, compare notes and become better informed tech leaders. What worked and what didn't. If you are in a leadership position an …

This group is to bring together those interested in or working with Big Data and Hadoop. Understanding and managing Big Data technology is now a vital part of successful organizations. Share insight, challenges and experiences with like-minded individuals. Regardless of your experience, join the troop for networking and an exploration of Big Data and Hadoop!

new group dedicated to discussing and growing the Apache Software Foundation community and technologies

Interested in data visualization tools from Tableau, MicroStrategy, QlikView, IBM Cognos, SAS, Spotfire and others?  Interactive graphics can tell you more than tables of numbers.  Let's get together to hear from users who have implemented these tools or discovered useful knowledge from data visualization.  We will also hear from representatives of various analytics software companies and consulting firms. We can also host some hack sessions to work on projects or learn something from each other …

This group is for anyone that is interested in learning how to use Tableau Software better and meet others that share the same need and/or interest.